What Would a Researcher Need to Know to Estimate the Influence

question 159

Multiple Choice

What would a researcher need to know to estimate the influence of nonshared environmental influences on a particular trait?

• A) both the correlation between identical twins reared together and the correlation between identical twins reared apart
• B) only the variation in the trait due to shared environmental influences
• C) both the heritability ratio and the variation in the trait due to shared environmental influences
• D) only the correlation between identical twins reared together

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